Orthodontic retreatment of an adult woman with mandibular backward positioning and temporomandibular joint disorder: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The role of occlusal factors on the occurrence of temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs) is still unclear and it is tricky for orthodontists to treat malocclusions in patients with TMDs. We report the case of the second orthodontic treatment of an adult female with Class II division 2 malocclusion associated with TMD. With the removal of anterior occlusal interference, TMD symptoms were alleviated and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images showed the bilateral condyles shifted forward.

Case summary

This case report presented an orthodontic retreatment of an adult female with TMD and mandibular backward positioning based on CBCT examination and Joint Space Index (JSI) analysis. The left and right JSI values of -38.5 and -52.6 indicated that the position of b

SUBMITTER: Yu LY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8771383 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature